WEBVTT ?11 NEWS REPORTER GEORGE LETTISHAS THE STORY FROM POLICEHEADQUARTERS DOWNTOWN.GEORGE MAYOR CATHERINE PUGH: CALLED THE VIOLENCE OUTRAGEOUSAND THEN THE POLICE COMMISSIONERPROMISED THE PUBLIC THIS IS NOTTHE NEW NORMAL.HE'S CONFIDENT IN HISSTRATEGIES.POLICE COMMISSIONER KEVIN DAVISGAVE A WIDE-RANGING 35 MINUTEPRESS CONFERENCE ON A BALTIMORECRIME RATE THAT'S AVERAGING MURDER A DAY.HE SAYS HIS DETECTIVES HAVENARROWED THE NUMBER OF PROBABLETROUBLE-MAKERS DOWN TO 1REPEAT PERSONS OF INTEREST. DAVIS BLAMES WHAT HE CALLED THEAPATHETIC CRIMINAL JUSTICESYSTEM.>> WE ARREST THEM AGAIN ANDAGAIN AND AGAIN, CONVICT THEMAGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN ANDTHEY'RE STILL OUT ON THE STREET.GEORGE:DAVIS ALSO BLAMES WHAT'S CALLEDVERTICAL PROSECUTION IN THECITY.BEFORE FILING MURDER CHARGES,POLICE MUST GET PERMISSION FROMTHE STATE'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE,WHERE THERE ARE DIFFERENTSTANDARDS FOR EVIDENCE.THAT THRESHOLD OF PROBABLE CAUSE>>THAT THRESHOLD OF PROBABLECAUSE -- >> THAT THRESHOLD OF PROBABLECAUSE IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM THETRIAL STANDARD OF PROOF BEYOND AREASONABLE DOUBT.THAT PROTOCOL THAT'S BEEN INPLACE NOW FOR SEVERAL YEARS INBALTIMORE THAT QUITE FRANKLY ISLEAVING THAT PEOPLE WE BELIEVEHAVE PROBABLE CAUSE TO CHARGEWITH MURDER STILL OUT ON OURSTREETS.GEORGE CALLING THE JANUARYVIOLENCE OUTRAGEOUS, TODAY,MAYOR CATHERINE PUGH SAYS SHE'SBEEN REACHING OUT TO CLERGY ANDTHE BUSINESS COMMUNITY FOR IDEASAND ACTIONMAYOR PUGH: I'VE GOT TO REVIEW-- BRING YOU ALL TOGETHER, WE'VEGOT TO COME TO SOME KIND OFCOMMUNITY SOLUTION THAT GETSPEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THE VALUEOF LIFE.GEORGE: DAVIS MEANWHILE HOPES APLAN PUTTING MORE OFFICERS BACKON PATROL AND WEEKLYBRAINSTORMING SESSIONS WITH MORECITY AGENCIES WILL CALL A CRIME-- CALM A CRIME RATE THAT'SPERSISTED SINCE THE SPIKE SEENRIGHT AFTER THE FREDDIE GRAYUNREST. >> WE HAVEN'T FOUGHT OUR WAY OUTOF THE RAMIFICATIONS OF THATSPIKE.GEORGE: THE COMMISSIONER ALSO